Tezos is a new decentralized blockchain that governs itself by establishing a true digital commonwealth. It facilitates formal verification, a technique which mathematically proves the correctness of the code governing transactions and boosts the security of the most sensitive or financially weighted smart contracts.

The Bancor Protocol Foundation was established in 2017 in order to promote the development and adoption of the Bancor Protocol, a standard for the creation of intrinsically tradable tokens. Smart Tokens benefit from network effect and enable the long-tail of user-generated tokens, democratizing value creation. The Bancor Protocol is made possible by advancements in Blockchain technology and smart-contracts, beginning with Ethereum. The Protocol is named in honor of economist John Maynard Keynes who proposed a similar structure for the standardization of International finance after World War II.

Status is a browser, messenger, and gateway to a decentralized world. Status enables mobile devices to become nodes on the Ethereum Network, enabling access to Ethereum’s entire ecosystem from anywhere.

Tenx is a cryptocurrency payment platform that consists of a wallet, physical debit card, bank account, ATM access, and more. The company aims to introduce products that make it easier for you to use your cryptocurrencies in the “real world”.

A cryptocurrency aiming to bring smart contract technologies to the world of mobile gaming. MobileGo uses smart contract technology to issue tokens on the Ethereum blockchain and incentivize gamers for loyalty and participation through rewards.

Aeternity is a new blockchain platform that combines best approaches from the previous platforms, such as Ethereum, and Augur including Off-chain transactions, a hybrid of PoW (consensus, mine on any devices including smartphones) + PoS (governance) and Oracle machines.

Basic Attention Token radically improves the efficiency of digital advertising by creating a new token that can be exchanged between publishers, advertisers, and users. It all happens on the Ethereum blockchain.

Stox is an open source, Bancor based prediction market platform. Using the wisdom of the crowd, every day people will be able to predict and trade the outcome of events in almost any imaginable category: Finance, sports, politics and even the weather.

Civic lets you know when new accounts are opened with your personal information. This gives you the control to identify which ones were authorized by you and take action on the ones that weren’t.

Amount raised: $33,000,000

Summary

These ICOs accounted for a whopping 51% of the total money raised through all 125 ICOs during 2017 and were raised in very short time periods relative to traditional venture capital fundraising. Whilst there is certainly amount of scepticism within the industry over the amount of ponzi scheme branded ICOs, we take the view that ICOs are here to stay and expect to see many more early and later phase companies embark on ICOs — both to raise capital, create liquidity, increase transparency of their company management and take advantage of the endless other benefits afforded by smart contracts.

If you’re a founder interested in learning more about ICOs or are considering an ICO for your own startup, sign up to Autonomyxto receive a copy of our ICO fundraising whitepaper.

If you’re working in early stage venture, it’s time to adopt your operating model to include ICO tokens within your investment portfolio — start investing in new ICOs, or get behind your existing portfolio companies to participate in theirs.

The original of this article was first published on the Autonomyx blog.